BEIJING / AP Pointing to stronger China-US cooperation on North Korea, a US envoy said on Thursday the two nations are united in their opposition to the North’s nuclear tests and worked together to develop the tough sanctions imposed in March. Sung Kim, the US government’s top envoy for North Korea, told reporters in Beijing that China took as …

  Moscow / AFP The last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday urged the West to stop isolating Russia and take a more “constructive” approach in response to President Vladimir Putin’s moves towards normalising relations. The 85-year-old who presided over the breakup of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War argued that Moscow has an “important and …

  ANKARA /AP NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday efforts to stem the tide of migrants seeking the shores of Europe are working. Speaking at a press conference with Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara, the Turkish capital, Stoltenberg said the collective effort is “making a difference” and that the number of migrants crossing the Aegean Sea …